Meaning

4 senses
  1. (informal, uncountable)Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.

    I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.

    Dreck, Schleim, Schmiere

    грязьgrjazʹ

    брудbrud

  2. (uncountable)A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An entity with no atomic parts; infinitely divisible.

  4. (countable)A member of the gunk subculture.

More definitions
  • any thick, viscous matter

Examples

3 sentences
  1. My eyes are full of eye gunk.

  2. The pool tile was disgusting looking, being full of gunk.

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  3. The older I get, the more regularly I wake up with gunk in the corners of my eyelids.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance:
Русский
By meaning 1
dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance:

Origin

Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime

Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk.

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Forms

plural: gunks
Singulargunk
Pluralgunks

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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